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Equestrian Connection NewsFlash - June 18, 2001
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The following articles can be found on the EC website
http://www.equestrian-connection.com
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Training Diary: The Birds & The Bees
My horse now has three months training-the proverbial '90 days'. The last month has been one of many firsts,1st hack;1st set of shoes;1st canter and the 1st unplanned dismount!

A Classical Connection – Maestro Nuno Oliveira
Does any "one" person embody classical dressage? I am sure here are many that different people would pick. For myself there is no question, no hesitation "Nuno Oliveira".

Equine Massage Therapy
When people ask me what I do and I tell them "I'm a Registered Equine Massage Therapist", they get this confused look on their face followed by these three most commonly asked questions.

Ontario Young Rider's Dressage Team
The Ontario Young Rider's Dressage Team has quite a large group of riders participating in the trials this year. Three horse/rider combinations have already achieved their qualifying scores and have therefore secured their positions on the team.

Canadian Showjumping Riders in Helsinki, Finland
Developing Rider Tour members continue their success on the European Tour with a fourth place finish out of 11internatioal teams in the Nations Cup competition in Helsinki,Finland.

Young Eventing Athletes Eligible for Eventing Canada [!]'s Young Rider Bursaries
The Directors of Eventing Canada [!] are pleased to announce a bursary program for Canada's young riders. Through the generosity of Ms. Bella White, Eventing Canada [!] will award up to ten bursaries of $1000. each to aspiring young Athletes who participate in the Olympic discipline of Three Day Event and Horse Trials.

New Poll
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Show Results - June
12-17 CHIO Dressage, Showjumping Aachen
15-17 CSIO Showjumping Helsinki
14-17 USET Festival of Champions Gladstone, NJ
10 Clarke Motors & Nissan National Dressage Freetown, PEI
9 Fair Isle National Dressage Freetown, PEI
2-3 Spindrift National & Trillium Dressage Almonte, ON
1-3 Dressage at Tempel Farms Wadsworth, IL
1-3 Raleigh CDI* Dressage Zebulon, NJ
1-3 Cornerstone's Spring Into Dressage Palgrave, ON

If anyone has access to eventing results, we'd love to post them!

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